[parted-devel] generate_random_id() fix

[Jim Meyering]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
...
> I would avoid using the UUID, since the UUID is not guaranteed to be
> random in any way -- in fact, even for a "random" UUID there are at
> least 6 bits which are fixed.
>
> I don't know exactly what uuid_generate() does, so it's hard to say
> exactly if this is a problem or not.  At the very least I would XOR the
> different words of the UUID together.

Oh!  Good point.
Knowing that, I prefer your code.
Just want to use it from both places.
Do you feel like doing that?